Title: Edit Pages URL Problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Edit Pages URL Problem

 *  [sevenglaciers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenglaciers/)
 * (@sevenglaciers)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-pages-url-problem/)
 * I added a page called “about”, and then I deleted it. I added another page called“
   about” and now the URL is /about-2.
 * It won’t let me rename it to /about.
 * Does anyone have a solution to this problem?

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-pages-url-problem/#post-3656309)
 * Yep, empty the trash – WP still “sees” page in the trash…
 *  Thread Starter [sevenglaciers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenglaciers/)
 * (@sevenglaciers)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-pages-url-problem/#post-3656335)
 * trash has been empty
    _ [Bump deleted – please do not do that here]

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 * [pages](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pages/)
 * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [sevenglaciers](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenglaciers/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/edit-pages-url-problem/#post-3656335)
 * Status: not resolved

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